Advertising device



Feb. 25, 1930. F. bEMERs ,7

ADVERTISING DEVICE il June 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ill! TIFDem em.

Inventor I Attorney I e 5 J. F. DEMERS 1,743,542

' ADVERTISING DEVICE I Filed June-24, 2 4 Sheets-Sheet 2' JFflemrs A iiomey Feb. 25; 1930. J. F. DEMERS ADVERTISING DEVI-CE Filed June 24, 1929 4.511fiQtS-hee,t 5

Inventor diFupemer's Bgg If 5 5 Attorney ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed June 24, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Inventor A itorney Patented Feb. 25, 1930 i Para FFKIE JOSEPH F. DEMERS, OF WILDER, VERMONT ADVERTISING DEVICE Application filed June 24,

The present invention relates to advertising devices, and more particularly to a miniature device representing the activities of a saw mill. One of the important objects of the present invention is to provide an advertising device for stimulating interest in the lumber industry and for this purpose to provide a miniature saw mill by means of which the various steps for producing boards from logs are realistically illustrated by meansof animated figures representing workmen represented as performing the various duties in operating the saw mill machinery.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for electrically operating the figures in a predetermined order.

A further object is to provide an apparatus of this character which is simple and practical in construction, neat and attractive in appearance, compact in its arrangement, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and install in operative position, and otherwise well adapted to the purposes for which the same is intended. I

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent as the description ofthe invention is better understood.

In the drawings I I Figure 1 is a front elevational View ofthe apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the floor of the imitation saw mill, taken substantially along a line 33 of Fig. 1. V

Fig. l is a rear elevational view of the lower portion of the apparatusand illustrating the mechanism positioned beneaththe sawmill platform or floor for operating the various figures.

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view illustrating 1 the electric drive meansforthe toyfigures,

and a Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view through one of the figures. k

Referring to the drawings now in detail, wherein .for the purpose of illustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 illustrates gen- 1929. Serial No. 373,248.

erally, a miniature saw mill including a floor 6 and post 7 upon which a roof structure 8 is supported. The sides ofthe saw mill are open so as to afford a view of the activities therein.

- The floorti is preferably supported in ele .vated position upon a hollow base 9 having its sides enclosed and within which is mounted an electric motorlO arranged to operate a belt 11, extending about a pulley wheel 12 mounted upon a shaft 12 journaled 'in a frame 14 beneath the floor 6. r V

The shaft 13 also provides a mounting for a pulley wheel 15 for driving a pulley wheel 16 through a belt 17, said last named pulley wheel being mounted upon a shaft 18 journaled in a bracket 19, also positioned beneath the floor. v

A circular saw 20 is carried by a shaft 21' journaled in suitable packages 22 ELbQYQthG floor, said shaft being .driven through pulleys 23 and 24 connectedby a belt 25, the lastnamed pulley being keyed to the shaft 18.

The shaft 18 also carries a pulley'26 for driving a belt 27 about a pulley 28 mounted on a. crank shaft 29 positioned beneath the'floor, and to which crank is. pivotally attached a drive rod 30, one end of said drive rod being attached to an arm 31 pivotally mounted at 32 intermediate its ends. To theopposite end of the arm 31 is attached a cable 33 which has sections thereof extending in opposite directions for attaching respectively to the front and rear trucks of a saw carriage 341 mounted upon rails 35 upon the upper sur face of the floor. I

The floor is provided with a longitudinal slotted opening 36 through which tie ends of the cable 33 are extended in order that the cable will have free movement during the travel of the saw carriage along the rails During the operation of the, crank shaft 29, it will be apparent that the upper end of the arm 31 will be swung'on its pivot longitudinally beneath the floor, in a forward and backward movement, and during such movement, will cause the reciprocation of the saw carriage 34: along the rails of thefloor.

It will be clearly observed from an inspection of Fig. 3 of the drawing, that the rails 35 are arranged so that the saw carriage 84 will travel past the saw 20, substantially in the same manner as that oi an actual working saw mill. An imitation log 37 is secured to the saw carriage by saw dogs 38 and adjacent one end of the rails 35 and upon the fioor 6 is placed a pair of imitation log skids 39 generally employed in saw mills and along which the logs may be removed from truck represented at 40 positioned along the rear edge of the saw mill.

Figure 41 representing a workman is positioned adjacent the skid in aposture representing an attendant placing the log in position upon the saw carriage.

Adjacent the opposite end of the rails and at the opposite side of the saw is positioned a figure representing a workman measur- 1g a sawn board mounted upon supports 4. 1. At the end of the saw mill adjacent the figure 42 is placed miniature trap door 4:5 as shown in posit-ion for hauling a. load of lumber 46 represented as leaving he mill.

Referring to Fig. 6 of the drawing in detail, it includes a body portion 1 7 fixedly supported upon the floor by a peg 48 which extends through one o1 the legs of the figure. A stem 49 extends vertically thru the body for free rotary movement therein, and has its lower end extended through the floor 6 and with its upper end secured to the edge 50, for rotary movement with said stem.

To the lower end of the stem is attached a horizontal cross member 51 from one end of which cables 52 extend for attaching to the opposite end of a bar 53, suspended at the lower end of a post 54 journaled for rotation beneath the floor. The cross members 51 of the respective figures 4-1 and i2 are each attached to the bar 53 by cables 52, and the sections of the cable 52 for the figure 42 are crossed, as clearly in Fig. 5 illustrated in the drawings, so that the heads of the respective figures will move in opposite directions upon the movement of the bar 53.

To one end of the bar 53 is attached an ex tension 55 disposed in the path of movement of the lever 45 pivotally mounted at its lower end beneath the fioor, and extending upwardly through a slotted opening 57 formed in the fioor. Cables 58 and 59 are attached to the lever 56 and extend in opposite directions therefrom thru screw eyes 60, from which the cables then exteno at right angles with their ends upwardly attached beneath the floor from the screw eyes whereby to form hack sections 61 in the cables between the screw eyes and their fixedly attached ends.

The slack sections of the cables are disposed in the paths of the movement of the upper end of the arm 31, so that as the arm is moved in one direction, the some will engage the slack sections of one of the ca les and move the lever 56 in the same direction as that in which the arm is me ing and upon the movement of the arm in an opposite direction, the other of said slack sections of the cable will be engaged, causing an opposite movement of the lever.

The lever 56 is positioned at a point adjacent the saw 20 and is held by the hand of a figure 62 supported in an upright position by a post 68 journaled in the fioor. The lower end of the post 6.3 extends thru the floor and is provided with a pulley wheel 65 with which the cable 59 is also Jlaced in en a ement and accordingly upon the movement of said cable, the post 63 and the figure 62, supported thereon will be partially turned.

it will thus'be seen that as the lever 56 is moved backwards and forwards, the figure 62 grasping said lever swings toward and away from the lever as it looking in the direction of the lever during its operation. The roof 6 of the saw mill may carry a suitable advertising board 66 in Which lamp sockets 67 may be placed for illuminating the sign boar at night, and to the forward side of the hollow face 9 may be secured specimens designated at 68, representing various styles and designs of sawed and cut lumber. Lamp sockets 69 may also be placed in a suitable position for illuminating such specimens.

It will be apparent that the imitation saw mill constituting the present invention will prove to be hi hly attractive in appearance, as well as instructive, of the Various steps in the operation of a saw mill.

It is obvious that changes in the details of construction and in the arrangement of parts, may be made within thescope of the invention as herein described and claimed, Without departing from the spirit of the invention, or any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. An advertising device comprising a miniature saw mill including a saw and asaw carriage for moving the work with respect to the saw, toy figures positioned adjacent the saw and the carriage and movably supported upon the fioor of the mill, certain of said figures being arranged in pairs and connected for simultaneous opposite movement, means for reciprocally operating the carriage, and

means operable by said carriage operating means for periodically actuating said pair of figures.

2. An advertising device comprising a miniature saw mill including a saw and a saw carriage for moving the work with respect to the saw, toy figures positioned adjacent the saw and the carriage and movably supported upon the fioor of the mill, certain of said figure being arranged in pairs and connected for simultaneous opposite movement, a pivoted arm having one end attached to said carriage for reciprocally operating the carriage and means disposed in the path of movement or" said arm, and operatively connected to said til pair of figures for the periodic actuation thereof by said arm.

3. An advertising device comprising a toy saw mill including a saw operatively mounted upon the mill, and a saw carriage for moving the Work with respect to the saw, toy figures positioned adjacent this saw and the carriage and movably supported on the mill,

, certain of said figures beingarranged in pairs 7 and connected for simultaneous 7 opposite movement, a crank shaft, operating means therefor, a pivoted arm operatively connected to the crank shaft, means connecting one end of the arm with said carriage for reciprocally actuating the'latter upon the movement of said arm, apivoted lever extending upwardly through the floor of the mill with its upper end grasped by the hand of another of said figures, and cables attached to the lower portion of said lever and extending in opposite directions with the ends of the cables remote from the lever extending .at right angles across the path of said arm for the actuation of said lever in'accordance with the movement of said arm.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH F. DEMERS. 

